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American Idol alum Josh Gracin, who finished in fourth place on the second season of the hit reality show, has lost half of his music rights in his divorce battle.

TMZ has gotten documents that say his ex-wife of 17 years, Ann, will receive a 50 percent stake in the 24 songs he recorded during their marriage. He’s also ordered to pay $1590 per month in alimony and $1436 per month for child support. The two have four children together.

It’s been a hard year for Josh, who’s 34, and sought help after posting what seemed to be a suicide note in August of last year. Later that month, he shared new music, apologized and indicated he was on the road to recovery.

Jason Aldean will marry his fiancée Brittany Kerr this summer and he says the ceremony is going to be “pretty small and low-key” with just some family and close friends.

Considering their relationship has been under scrutiny since they got together after being caught by the paparazzi kissing at a club in Los Angeles while Jason was still married, he says, “Everything that’s ever happened with that has been so out there and so scrutinized, so this is just something that we want to keep a little simpler and have people that are really important to us there and kind of try to enjoy it.”

He says he’s not sure if he’ll have a bachelor party before the wedding, but he says on a scale of one to ‘The Hangover’, it could get pretty crazy. “The wedding will be fun, I’ve got some characters showing up there so it will be interesting,” he laughs.

“But The Hangover, if we really get after it, on a scale of 1 to 10, it’s going to be a 6+ for sure, especially with some of the ones that are coming.”

Blake Shelton is back for the eighth season of NBC’s The Voice. Besides Adam Levine, he’s the only coach to have appeared on all eight seasons, and he’s seen a few of his team members go on to success as country artists in their own right.

RaeLynn just had her first top 20 hit with “God Made Girls,” and The Swon Brothers are nominated for Vocal Duo of the Year at this April’s ACM Awards. Those success stories make it worth it for him to devote so much of his time to the show.

“Some of the most exciting things that’s happened for me in recent times is seeing artists that I’ve worked with on this show have some success, whether it’s getting a record deal, whether it’s winning an award. Whatever it is. Being nominated for awards — those are the things that keep me coming back here as a coach on The Voice,” he says.

As for how his team is shaping up this season, Blake says he has a strong team and he feels lucky to get to share his experience with this new crop of talent. “What really drives me now is to try to help someone else reach the level that they want to reach and have an opportunity for the world to hear their music and voice and about who they are as an artist. To have one little, tiny part in that for some of these artists, that’s really exciting for me.”